Privacy policy and cookies - Gestion des données personnelles et cookies
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how The Connexion uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
English Language Media Sarl, the publisher of The Connexion and this site, is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website it will be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
The words of which the initial letter is capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
- Company (referred to as either 'the Company', 'We', 'Us', 'Our' in this Agreement) refers to English Language Media Sarl, The Connexion, Le Grande-Bretagne – RDC, 30 Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 98000 Monaco.
- Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- Country refers to Monaco
- Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service refers to the Website.
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
- Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
- Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Website or Site refers to Connexion France, accessible from https://www.connexionfrance.com/
- You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Data Collected, Why, Retention Period and When
We collect information from you when you use the Service.
The information we collect is as follows:
- First name, last name, email address, location, whether you have previously visited our website and device type data when You create an account on Our website without making any purchase which gives limited access to our content.
This is undertaken via our EU-based provider.
We collect this for the purpose of providing You with the content that you are registering for and to optimise your experience via content personalisation. You are asked to consent to this when creating an account.
We hold this for as long as You have an account with Us and delete it immediately when you delete your account.
For paying customers, We hold this data for five years after the contract linked to the account has lapsed in line with the period of limitation for commercial disputes.
- First name, last name, email address when You register for our newsletter.
The newsletter is undertaken via our EU-based provider. We collect this for the purpose of providing You with the content that you are registering for, on the basis of consent. We hold this for as long as You do not unsubscribe from the newsletter (which is done via a simple “unsubscribe” button in each newsletter). We delete the data within a year of You unsubscribing from the newsletter.
For paying customers, We hold this data for five years after the contract linked to the account has lapsed in line with the period of limitation for commercial disputes.
- If You are a paying subscriber to any of our print services (i.e. You have purchased a subscription to receive our monthly newspaper), we provide your first name, last name and postal address to our EU-based provider. We collect this for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations by sending you the product. We hold this data for five years after the contract linked to the account has lapsed in line with the period of limitation for commercial disputes.
- If You purchase a product from us (digital or physical), your payment is processed via our PCI-compliant EU-based provider. The provider collects your payment details (We do not have any access to these which are stored by our PCI-compliant EU-based provider) as well as billing details.
All subscriptions have an auto-renewal function activated. Your credit or debit card details are stored to enable this to work. You can switch off the auto-renewal function at any time via the 'My Account' area of the website. If you wish to have your credit or debit card details updated or removed completely from the secure database please email us at contact@connexionfrance.com with your name and the email address you used to subscribe and we will organise this. This data is collected for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations.
Excluding payment details, We hold this data for five years after the contract linked to the account has lapsed in line with the period of limitation for commercial disputes.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information.
Users can choose to accept or decline cookies.
See more about managing cookies on the following browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=fr_FR- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences- Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies
A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may have to login each time you navigate the site and see content that is not relevant to your location.
Cookies can be 'Persistent' or 'Session' Cookies
Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
Cookie Preferences
If you consent to all cookies, you consent to four categories of cookies:
- Strictly necessary (account login-related cookies when using our Service)
- Functionality (remembering users' choices when using our Service)
- Tracking and performance
- Targeting and advertising (we partner with EU-based Snigel Web Services Ltd to provide advertising inventory on our Website to advertisers)
Manage your Cookie Preferences
You can withdraw consent and change your cookies preferences at any time via the 'Manage Consent' button, below. Cookies will not be retained for more than 13 months.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data if we believe such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Your rights
If You wish to exercise your right to remove, edit, rectify, erase all or some of your personal data and/or request for it not to be communicated to any of the third parties cited above please email contact@connexionfrance.com
You have the right to access all the personal data We hold under Loi n° 1.565 du 3 décembre 2024 relative à la protection des données personnelles and can request it via contact@connexionfrance.com and it will be provided to you within one calendar month. An identity check will be performed in such cases.
You have the right to contact the competent supervisory authority in order to lodge a complaint. You can lodge a complaint with the Autorité De Protection des Données Personnelles (APDP).
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our subscriptions partner Piano is PCI compliant, and meets or exceeds all industry-standard payment security practices.
Your credit/debit card details are not held on our servers.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Manage Consent
You can change your privacy settings by clicking the following button: .
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Last updated: January 2026
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email: contact@connexionfrance.com